Fumigation Training
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Bruce Dekker and his team at CQ ProTrain are able to offer their clients over 50 years of practical experience including fumigation training.
Fumigation Training – Fumigation Licence Course.
This course covers the skills and knowledge required to apply fumigants to control organisms and organism activity that affect the health, safety or amenity of persons, commodities or environments in domestic, commercial, industrial and maritime situations. The unit requires understanding client requirements, assessing the site, and selecting and using equipment, fumigants and application methods to effectively manage organisms.
Course Units
Licencing requirements for fumigation vary depending on which state in Australia you wish to be licenced.
ProTrain workshops focus on the main unit of competency CPPUPM3011 – Manage organisms by applying fumigants to commodities and environments.
Successful completion of this unit of competency enables candidates to apply for an occupational licence in most states of Australia.
Western Australia has additional requirements to be eligible to apply for a licence. Please contact the team at ProTrain to discuss these requirements and options for meeting them.
Areas of learning in this course include:
Chemical routes of exposure and potential symptoms of exposure to fumigants
Commodity sorption and desorption
Compliance requirements associated with Fumigation
Fumigation methods and enclosure types
Equipment associated with performing fumigations
Types of fumigants
Testing and monitoring during the fumigation process
Hazards and hazard management associated with performing fumigations
Workplace Health and Safety requirements associated with performing fumigations
Completion of this fumigation course provides credit towards CPP30119 Certificate III in Urban Pest Management.
Fumigation Training – Who Should Enroll?
This fumigation licence course is aimed at people who have experience working alongside a qualified fumigator and are seeking to obtain a licence to fumigate or just simply to obtain a more complete understanding of the fumigation process.
AFAS Department of Agriculture and Water Methyl bromide fumigations
CQ ProTrain is an approved provider of Fumigation Training, Accreditation and Auditing services for DAWE (Department of Agriculture & Water) formally DAFF-AQIS (Australian Quarantine & Inspection Service), both in Australia and to the Australian Fumigation Accreditation Scheme (AFAS) currently operating in several overseas countries.
Should your requirements include local fumigation activities, fumigation for export from Australia and fumigation of goods being imported into Australia or fumigation activities offshore for export to Australia under the DAWE/AFAS Scheme, then do not hesitate to contact us with the information relating to your requirements.
Equipment Design and Supply – Fumigation Training
CQ ProTrain can assist you in the design of a range of fumigation systems and has developed some specialised equipment and fittings that are available to the fumigator. We also have access to a range of electronic leak detection and monitoring equipment at competitive rates.
CQ ProTrain can provide you with assistance working which equipment you may require to perform fumigations:
- Gas dispensers.
- Vaporizers.
- LPG gas burners – 82 mj/hr to 131 mj/hr heat capacity.
- Single and multi outlet-manifolds.
- Respiratory PPE options
- Digital leak detection equipment.
- Digital gas monitoring equipment.
CQ ProTrain regularly provides on site fumigation training programs.
If you think this is something your company may be interested in, please contact a ProTrain team member to discuss this option.
| Name | Date | Time | Location | Spaces | Cost | |
| Vertebrate Pest Fumigation | 15 January 2025 | 08:30 am – 04:30 pm | Sands Tavern Maroochydore | 7 | $750.00 | |
| Fumigation Maroochydore | 3 – 6 February 2025 | 08:30 am – 04:30 pm | MAROOCHYDORE | 2 | $2,300.00 | |
| DAFF AFAS Program Maroochydore | 7 February 2025 | 08:30 am – 04:00 pm | Sands Tavern Maroochydore | 3 | $850.00 | |
| Fumigation Maroochydore | 10 – 13 March 2025 | 08:30 am – 04:30 pm | Sands Tavern Maroochydore | 0 | $2,300.00 | |
| DAFF AFAS Program Maroochydore | 14 March 2025 | 08:30 am – 04:00 pm | Sands Tavern Maroochydore | 8 | $850.00 |